QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Katahdin.
Answer: Highest point in Maine, at 5268 ft
◍ Who was Maine's governor after the civil war and a hero at the battle in
Gettysburg?.
Answer: Joshua Chamberlain
◍ dirigo.
Answer: Maine's state motto
◍ What false place did a British sailor describe with houses made of crystal
and gold in the New World ?.
Answer: Norumbega
◍ Name Maine's river that separates Bangor from Brewer ..
Answer: Penobscot River
◍ Atlantic.
Answer: Ocean that borders Maine
◍ Black-capped Chickadee.
Answer: Maine's state bird
◍ What does our state motto, Dirigo, mean?.
Answer: We lead, or I lead
◍ What is the lowest point in Maine?.
Answer: the shores of the Atlantic Ocean
◍ The name of a store & catalog company founded on the sales of a practical
and comfortable boot..
Answer: L.L. Bean
, ◍ During the 1700's what industry did Maine's coast revolve around?.
Answer: Shipbuilding
◍ What caused the sandy beaches and rocky shores of Maine's coastal
lowlands?.
Answer: retreating glaciers of the Ice Age
◍ This famous Mainer is a writer of horror novels that are sometimes made
into movies..
Answer: Steven King
◍ Canada.
Answer: Country that borders Maine to the North
◍ Who is the head of the executive branch of our state?.
Answer: Governor - Janet Mills
◍ honeybee.
Answer: Maine's state insect
◍ What is the state animal? (mammal).
Answer: Moose
◍ How many counties are in Maine?.
Answer: 16
◍ In what county is the Wild Blueberry Festival celebrated?.
Answer: Washington Coun ty
◍ What natural resource were the French mostly interested in?.
Answer: the Fur Industry
◍ What is the name of round shelters with dome-like roofs made from bark
and skins?.
Answer: wigwams
◍ tourmaline.
Answer: Maine's state mineral